Susan Willis lives in the North East of England. For 15 years she has worked as a food-product development manager. She has written three novels, 'Yes Chef, No Chef', 'Love on a Plate' and 'A Taste of Love', and a novella, 'Baking Love', all of which were best-sellers.

‘Yes Chef, No Chef’ was recently shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA) Joan Hessayon Award for new writers.

Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.

Susan Willis lives in the North East of England. For 15 years she has worked as a food-product development manager. She has written three novels, 'Yes Chef, No Chef', 'Love on a Plate' and 'A Taste of Love', and a novella, 'Baking Love', all of which were best-sellers.

‘Yes Chef, No Chef’ was recently shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA) Joan Hessayon Award for new writers.

Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.

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3,0 von 5 SternenBaking Up Cakes and Romance

VonNyssaam 25. September 2014 - Veröffentlicht auf Amazon.com

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Michelle Thompson is the owner of a small bakery that specializes in cakes and cupcakes, and is just starting to make a success of it as she begins to introduce new flavors and decorated cakes. She's invested her settlement from her recent divorce into the business while trying to make a new life for herself and her teenage daughter. Romance is the last thing on her mind when she attends a foodie convention in London to check out new ideas she might be able to use in her own creations, so when she meets Gregg Davidson, Michelle is unprepared for the instant attraction they seem to have for one another. But there is a secret he is keeping from her about his job which may ruin any chance they have of acting on that attraction.

There were some good moments in this book, specifically the planning and execution of the Pink Cake Day at the bakery in aid of breast cancer research, but unfortunately most of the rest of the book follows the formula of an ordinary romance. Girl meets boy, boy has secret, girl finds out secret, and so on with little variance from the norm or unexpected twists.

I also had some problems with the Michelle character. At many points in the book, her teenage daughter Emily seemed more mature, level headed, and capable than Michelle. For someone who supposedly was struggling to build her business, Michelle also seemed to take a lot of time away from her bakery and to do a lot of clubbing with her friends instead of putting in the long hours one would expect manning the mixer and oven.

Disappointing and not recommended. Instead, I would recommend what I consider a much better example of this author's work, The Bake Off, a short sample of which is included at the end of this book.

I thoroughly enjoyed Baking Love: A cupcake Romance. In one afternoon I was whisked away and was introduced to Michelle who was raising a teenager daughter and running a bakery after her husband left her for another woman. I fell in love with the Characters in this book. They were real everyday people. Michelle met Gregg and there was an attraction they both felt. But he was holding back a secret. A secret that ultimately may mean the end of her Bakery. But can love conquer all? You will have to read and see. This was such a clean romance. I plan to encourage my friends to read this book. I look forward to reading more books written by Susan Willis.

While it is written with the well used or of romance books, it is an enjoyable quick read. What I did not like was the obvious lead to a second book. The story just stops with a word from three author to read the next business ok to learn more. Bad taste.